All About IncarcerationEnvironment can cause incarceration

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Incarceration Team

Chad BriscoeSasha Brown

Lisa Di MaggioDa Monte’ Hollman

Lena OlayaDante’ OwensJohn Shuman

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Research QuestionsDoes environment impact a person’s probability of being

incarcerated?

Who is being incarcerated?

What is being done to change the cycle?

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The Research Surveyed 93 people who were previously

incarcerated

Survey LocationsConcord, Oakland, SF Bart, Pittsburg, Antioch, Rio

Vista, Brentwood, Bay PointMost in person, some over the phone

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Introductory CommentsEnvironment has an impact on whether one is

likely to be incarceratedNow that we know this, it is important to detour

at an early age.

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Does environment impact a person’s probability of being incarcerated?

43% had parents who were incarcerated66% reported drug activity in their area34% didn’t feel safe35% saw 5 or more cops per day65% believe police are racist

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Does environment impact a person’s probability of being incarcerated?

By the time one realizes that environment leads to incarceration, it’s too late

No

Yes

1 3 5 7 9 11 13 15 17 19 21

62% 38%

37% 63%

Environment_led_to_crime

Incarcerations

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Friends affect the number of times incarcerated

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1 to 25

26 to 50

0 2 4 6 8 10 12 14 16 18 20

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Friends_incarcerated

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The more friends you know that have been incarcerated= more times incarcerated

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If in a gang, 100% had violent offences

Non

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No Yes

61% 0%

39% 100%

Type_of_Offense

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100% !!

Who is being incarcerated?

• 50% of those surveyed were abused as children

• 41% were between 20-30 years old

• 44% African American, 24% Latino, 16% White

• 21% Some HS, 35% HS Diploma, 33% Some College

• Typical income, $9,000 to $44,000

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Who get’s locked up?

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40 44% 24% 18% 10% 4%count

Ethnicity

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Time spent incarcerated in months

Asian

Other

White

Latino

African-American

0 20 40 60 80 100

120

140

160

180

9 (10%)

4 (4%)

17 (19%)

20 (22%)

40 (44%)

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12

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Ethnicity

Time_done

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How many times locked up

Other

Asian

White

Latino

African-American

0 2 4 6 8 10 12 14 16 18 20 22

4 (4%)

9 (10%)

17 (19%)

21 (23%)

40 (44%)

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Box Plot of Incarcerations

Ethnicity

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Trouble in school

No Yes

0

20

40

6036% 64%

count

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What is being done to change the cycle?

No

Yes

0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8

27% 73%

50% 50%

Pressured

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Male role models reduces the amount of pressure felt to due crime

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Especially for people with incarcerated parents

No

Yes

0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8

22% 78%

47% 53%

Parents_incarcerated

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Male Role Models

0-1 2-3 4-5 6-7 8-9

0

15

30

45

6071% 20% 8% 0% 1%

count

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71%

Community Needs More Male Role Models

Especially for children with incarcerated parentEarlier awareness of how environment can

lead to incarcerationFriends who haven’t been incarcerated and

aren’t in gangsReach people while they’re still in school

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Solutions: Community Organizing Strategies

To focus on the needs of at risk kids and give them the tools they need to make good choices as they grow into

adulthood.

Strategy 1Midnight Basketball

Hosted by churches, police departments, and/or non profit organizations To get youths off of the streets and keep them occupied doing

something healthy and productive Good opportunity to be exposed to good male role models. Life skills workshop Successful in U.S. cities

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Strategy 2College bound males tutor high risk

elementary studentsHelps youngsters learn, expose them to good male role

models, and hopefully they will copy their behaviorThis would work well if the tutors earned high school

credits while participatingCost effective-can even be done during school hours

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Strategy 3Summer Camp

For young childrenSponsored by wealthy business owners who may have had

a criminal historyFun along with education that teach children life skillsFar from their neighborhoodBring in older, successful students who come from similar

backgrounds

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Chosen Strategy Midnight Tutors CampEasy to implement x x Affordable, sustainable x x Quick implementation x Reach lots of people x xReaches the right people x x

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Midnight Basketballhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FAO89Gis6nw

In Closing….When analyzing the data and working with tinker plots the

charts that stood out the most were how• environment does effect crime• Lack of male role models• Importance in reaching at risk kids

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